The decline in plant biodiversity slows down soil carbon turnover under increasing nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe

Microbial carbon use efficiency and priming effect regulate soil carbon storage under nitrogen deposition by slowing soil organic matter decomposition

(2018) Weixing Liu et al.   GEODERMA

Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of climate on plant litter decomposition: Accounting for stress-induced modifications in plant chemistry

(2018) Vidya Suseela et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global negative effects of nitrogen deposition on soil microbes

(2018) Tian’an Zhang et al.   ISME Journal

Future biomass carbon sequestration capacity of Chinese forests

(2018) Yitong Yao et al.   Science Bulletin

Changes in nutrient concentrations of leaves and roots in response to global change factors

(2017) Jordi Sardans et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Nitrogen addition affects chemical compositions of plant tissues, litter and soil organic matter

(2016) Jun Liu et al.   ECOLOGY

A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe

(2016) Qiuying Tian et al.   ECOLOGY

Light asymmetry explains the effect of nutrient enrichment on grassland diversity

(2016) Niv DeMalach et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant community structure regulates responses of prairie soil respiration to decadal experimental warming

(2015) Xia Xu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

Collinearity: revisiting the variance inflation factor in ridge regression

(2014) C.B. García et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED STATISTICS

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Nitrogen deposition promotes the production of new fungal residues but retards the decomposition of old residues in forest soil fractions

(2013) Marco Griepentrog et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories

(2013) Ruirui Chen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tree species diversity increases fine root productivity through increased soil volume filling

(2013) Brian W. Brassard et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide

(2013) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Heavy metal-induced oxidative damage, defense reactions, and detoxification mechanisms in plants

(2012) Oksana Sytar et al.   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change

(2012) David U. Hooper et al.   NATURE

The effect of tree species diversity on fine-root production in a young temperate forest

(2012) Pifeng Lei et al.   OECOLOGIA

Connecting litter quality, microbial community and nitrogen transfer mechanisms in decomposing litter mixtures

(2012) Dennis Lummer et al.   OIKOS

Litter quality assessed by solid state 13C NMR spectroscopy predicts decay rate better than C/N and Lignin/N ratios

(2012) Giuliano Bonanomi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Fungal and bacterial growth responses to N fertilization and pH in the 150-year ‘Park Grass’ UK grassland experiment

(2011) Johannes Rousk et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits

(2011) HAIJUN YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis

(2010) R. Bobbink et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Nitrogen addition stimulates forest litter decomposition and disrupts species interactions in Patagonia, Argentina

(2010) LUCÍA VIVANCO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Dual benefit from a belowground symbiosis: nitrogen fixing rhizobia promote growth and defense against a specialist herbivore in a cyanogenic plant

(2010) Sylvia Thamer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change

(2009) Melinda D. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Chemical Changes During 6 Years of Decomposition of 11 Litters in Some Canadian Forest Sites. Part 2. 13C Abundance, Solid-State 13C NMR Spectroscopy and the Meaning of “Lignin”

(2009) Caroline M. Preston et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

(2009) Y. Hautier et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of grazing and rainfall variability on root and shoot decomposition in a semi-arid grassland

(2008) Marcus Giese et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

NITROGEN LIMITATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS IS GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED

(2008) David S. LeBauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to prairie grasslands

(2008) Christopher M. Clark et al.   NATURE

Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks

(2008) Dave S. Reay et al.   Nature Geoscience

Negative impact of nitrogen deposition on soil buffering capacity

(2008) William D. Bowman et al.   Nature Geoscience

Links between plant litter chemistry, species diversity, and below-ground ecosystem function

(2008) C. L. Meier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on litter decomposition

(2007) Peter Manning et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY